Stop the Deportation of Manuela Picq

Stop the Deportation of Manuela Picq

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August 14, 2015
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Started by Academicos Solidarios con Manuela Picq

We the undersigned demand that Manuela Lavinas Picq’s order for deportation from Ecuador be rescinded immediately.  Manuela Lavinas Picq was beaten and arrested in Quito on Thursday, August 13.  Manuela was participating in a legal, peaceful protest as a journalist.  At the time of her arrest, she was in the company of other journalists and photographers and was unarmed.  Manuela’s legal visa was subsequently cancelled arbitrarily and without due process.

 In addition to a journalist, Manuela Picq is a widely-recognized scholar of International Relations, social movements, feminism, indigenous studies, and sexuality studies.  She is a faculty member of the Universidad de San Francisco Quito, and has held academic appointments at Amherst College, in Amherst Massachusetts, and Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.  Dr. Picq was exercising her rights to freedom and expression, protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Articles 18-20) of which Ecuador is a signatory.  We ask that the Ecuadorian government reconsider the legality and justice of their actions and allow Dr. Picq to remain in the country.

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Nosotros los signatarios demandamos la revocacion de la ordén de deportación de Manuela Lavinas Picq.  Manuela Lavinas Picq fue golpeada y detenida en Quito este Jueves 13 de Agosto.  Manuela estaba participando en una protesta legal y pacífica como periodista.  En momento de su detención, estaba en compañia de otros periodistas y fotógrafos, y no estaba armada.  La visa legal de Manuela fue despues arbitrariamente cancelada y sin debido proceso.  Manuela es una reconocida academica de derechos internacionales, movimientos sociales, feminismo, estudios indígenas, y sexuales.  Es miembra de la facultad de la Universidad de San Francisco Quito, y ha sido profesora universitaria en Amherst College, la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst, y Princeton University.  La doctora Picq estaba ejerciendo sus derechos de expresión libre, protejidos bajo la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos (Articulos 18-20) de la cual Ecuador e signatoria.  Pedimos que el gobierno Ecuatoriano reconsidere la legalidad y justicia de sus acciones y deje a la doctora Picq permancer en el pais. 

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Decision Makers

  • Rafael Correa
  • GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR
  • Minister of External Relations Ecuador